Clithcroc Advertiser Si Times, August 16. 1963.


New from Ford...the small car with a big difference!


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style, he builds up a much greater vocabulary than child­ ren generally do,” states Mr. Kermode. There arc no children who


simply c a n n ot grasp th e alphabet, and they all look forward to their reading lessons. Starting at about 4i to five


years old. the children take about half a term to learn the alphabet. At the end of two-


: fluently. | The child learns to read books specially printed in the new


and-a-half terms, some of the children are already reading


1 alphabet. Once he can do this I fluently, he transfers to the 1 norniai' alphabet. Children make ' this change quite easily.


LEGION OCCASION


"VTANY important officials of R-L the British Legion from all over East Lancashire will be in Clitheroe tomorrow, when the n e w headquarters o f th e Clithcroc branch of the British Legion will be the venue for a meeting of the East Lancashire County officials and branch dele­ gates. An address of welcome to the


Small-car savings. With the new Consul Cortina—the now EUROPEAN car from Ford of Britain—economy


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Big-car everything else. N yi* otom


the new Consul Cortina big-car stylish with impressive continental lines—it has big-car ruggedness, big-car performance and big ftoe-seater roominess too. Like Cortina 0 - ^ 7 0 S o quality, Cortina reliability is also built in. Jj*y Solid.


T A X PAID FROM


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ox.works PROVE IT YOURSELF-DRIWE IT YOURSELF AT MR. RON WATSON


SUCCESS l'OR RON VN hour-long play is to be


plays have already been profes­ sionally produced. The play is a comedy about a tuba player in a brass band. When Ron saw Jimmy Edwards playing a tuba he sent the play to him. After reading only the first


.sometime this autumn starring the popular comedian Jimmy Edwards. The play “ Man of Brass ” was written by 35-ycars- old Ron Watson, of Billington. Four of Mr. Watson’s five


couple of pages. Jim realised that the idea, and situation were perfect for him so he sent it to Douglas Moodle, the B.B.C. producer.


Mr. Moodie was immediately


interested and travelled north to see Mr. Watson with a contract. A married man with three


j 1059 by the Renaissance Theatre ; Company, of Barrow-in-Furness.


c hi ld re n Mr. Watson is employed at Calderstones Hos­ pital. His plays have been ! presented one annually, since


; Television uses up so much [ material that companies are con- ! stantly crying out for usable | scripts. Mr. Watson could well earn for himself a handy side­ line income. Beginners usually


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OEPO not a p p l y «* NB filT


! get .£200 to £250 for an hour- ! lo n g playscript: established | authors up to £500. while scripts from top-line names can run


I into thousands. ! Before everybody starts taking


' up the pen. they must be warned ; that it isn't easy, and producers 1 only accept good ideas renson- j ably well presented.


i QUICK n iTTED!


j \ MAYOR has not only to be j


prepared to sov a few words,


on all kinds of topics and speak under many varying conditions. The Mayor of Clitheroe. Alder­ man E. Crosslcy, found himself


and sometimes make a long speech, at short notice, but he has to be able to say something


televised by the 13.B.C.


called upon a: the annual show luncheon of Cluheroe and Dis­ trict Agricultural Society, on Saturday, of having to propose a toast to the society. *0 which was coupled the name of the energetic and enthusiastic presi­ dent. Colonel G. G. H. Bolton.


This did not present any


serious difficulty to a man accus­ tomed to public speaking, as is the Mayor, but there was one interruption, for which he had not bargained.


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opening gambit, and announced the toast he had to propose, than there was .« terrific “moo’' from an animal just outside, which produced an instant roar of laughter.


the Mayor quickly quipped “Split second timing." By the time a second burst* <)f


laughter hid subsided, lie was ready to make serious end able comment about the undoubted merit of the show and the oppor­ tunity it provided of enabling the public to appreciate the many advances which are now being nv'de in the agricultural world.


NEW ALPIIAItET


IT seems rather strange that ■ children learn to read faster and better when they are taught a new alphabet with 43 letter- symbols instead of the tradi­ tional 26 letters, yet this is true. For the past two-and-a-h‘ If


terms, the children at Moc private school. Clitheroe. been tnughi hAw to rc.ut t.. new system.


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child will learn to road more quickly, there are other advan­ tages in the system. “Because a child can pro­


master. introduced the system when only 19 other schools in the country were using it. Now there arc 74. Quite apart from whether a


Mr. Brian Kcrmotio. the head­


nounce any word he comes across when it is written in this


Never losing his composure, j No sooner had he made his


rpHE first withdrawals of these F Pacifies have been made with the official condemnation by the Western Region of 34035 Shaftesbury; 34043 Combe Martin; 34055 Fighter Pilot; and 34074. 46 Squadron. These engines were not of the rebuilt class. Many pictures seem to have


J o n g


Whalley traffic


been taken of The Great Mar­ quess on Us trip on the Lanca­ shire and Yorkshire branch lines. • Another two Stanier Pacifies havc'bcen withdrawn. They arc


46247 City of Liverpool and 46252 City of Leicester. There are 28 engines left in


this class out of a total of 38 before withdrawals began. The empty parcels train which


j 73127 from Corkerhill (Glasgow) i1 and No. 45352 from Patricroft


! Friday respectively. 1


(Manchester) on Thursday and D IE S E L EN G IN E


■ engine passed through Clitheroe : on August 2. “Locospottcr” thinks it was a ballast arranger.


An unusual - looking diesel


delegates will be given by the Mayor, Alderman E. Crossley, and the guest speaker will be Mr. W. Barmley, of the Area Office stalT. who will give a talk about the work of the Services Committee. Also present will be the


, The train was powered by a ; Lcyland engine and was of 0—4—0 wheel arrangement. The Lancaster breakdown


; crane was seen on tho morning j pickup freight train last week, i It was hauled by No. 44347. Lower Darwcn’s newly acquired


• 4p 0—6—O; its last known home ; was Barrow-in-Furness.


county standard bearers’ com­ petition. which will be held in the school hall opposite the branch headquarters. The Women’s Section of the


standard bearers from the various branches. These will be competing in a


Clithcroc branch will prepare tea for the visitors.


Farm sxilolv I for


implements


\\THEN you finished harrowing y y jn


.spring what did you


do with the harrows? Did you leave them so that they are now completely overgrown with grass and weeds?


NEWS VIEWS If so. they could be the means


i of seriously injuring you or one of your fellow workers. Many farm implements, in


themselves, are not dangerous, but left lying about bv field gates cr around farm buildings they soon become hidden and then they arc a source of dan­ ger to anyone who is unfortunate enough to either step on or fall


ever them. Another trouble is that when


left out in the open any moving part soon becomes rusted, and the next time the implement is wanted fingers are crushed or damaged in freeing seized up parts. So if in your job you use any


implement, complete the job and put it away in its proper place, r/herwise it could be the cause a serious accident.


: Round Table SPEAKER at a meeting of


i of slides and photographs. ____


He was thanked Barrie Aspdcn.


VEW S is disseminated * ’ in very many ways. By word of mouth, by telephone. By television re.vs.


We -rIso have the radio To amuse and educate. The telegraph anti Telstar. All keep us up to date.


They all have their advantages. And drawbacks.—more or less. But beating all. yon must edmit. The good old British Press.


! It's fine for wrapping parcels or \ To carry home your chips. 1 To line a shelf, to light a fire. : Bring news of 'planes or ships.


; It makes an extra blanket j On a ccld and chilly night. It bungs up cracks in draughty floors.


1 I A cigarette will light.


It's good for cleaning silver, or To wipe a greasy nan. A first rat moth deterrent for Your furs or astrakhan.


| the Buck Inn, Clitheroe, on Mon- | doy was Mr. W. Marshall. \ Air. Mar sha ll gave an ! interesting talk on diatoms, ! illustrating the subject by means


u.. nr by Tablet* Clitheroe Round Table at


Tramps wear it as a waistcoat, there


Arc other uses. too. No need to detail all of them I’ve tcld you quite a few.


[ But one supreme advantage I The newspaper enjoys. It does it’s job effectively.


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r|"■ HIE majority of our excur­ sions were spent either


in sight of or near the sea. Wc had hopes of seeing the


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SATURDAY. 17th AUGUST Blackpool. Dancim; and Theatre.'.


10-00 1p.m.


n.m. 8-40


12-40 2-00 6-30


2-00


12-10 12-50


p.m.


2-10 6-20


n.m. 8-50 H-50


a.m.


10-10 Windermere and Bowne.ss Chest.er Zoo ........................... Moreeambf .............................


SUNDAY. 18th AUGUST TrenUiam Ciarcions ...........


Southport ............................... Hr. Hoddcr. bcUic and Win


wild goals which frequented a part of the rocky coast to the East. Also, like most people we find that the sea. particu­ larly when we are on holiday,


difficult to understand for are we not told by tho evolutionists that all life probably criginatod in the


has an irresistible attraction. Such an influence is not very


sea? Tho fascination cannot bo


denied, and had I the time and my spare moments not given to other branches of natural his­


tory, then the sea shore would in all probability be my study. Consider the scope, its extent


and tlie variety of life even on tho shore itself, and you will be astounded. Seventy-live per cent of the


earth’s surface is covered by the sea and 90 per cent of the sea is more than a mile deep—which in itself is rather overwhelming, for all naturalists arc agreed that in the much smaller areas of land there is so much which wo can never hope to cover in our studies. Indeed, it must be one of the


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TUESDAY. 20th AUGUST Uowne.ss and Newby Bridge


Chester Zoo ............................. New Brighton .........................


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WEDNESDAY. 21st AUGUST Shrewsbury—Musical and Flora! Fete 15, 6 The Dulreru's ’lo u r .................. ....... 16 a


Southpo! t ................................ ......... 7,-


15/6 ia/312/-


8/6 7/-


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spent all his life studying the ways and habits of a gnat, he would die leaving much to bo discovered.


most sobering, and at the same time, gratifying experiences of maturity to realise how little we k n o w of this immensely interesting universe. it has been said that if a man


A c h a l l e n g e


\MHAT then of the sea and y y sliore with all the wealth


of algae plants, diatoms, plank­ ton and animals large and small, all presenting a challenge and study of absorbing fascination? And so each time we went to


the shore wc found it difficult to ignore how each plant and animal had Ms own specialized


small bay, which, we found, was also of particular interest to two eider ducks, cue with four young, the other three. They spent considerable time just by the tide line, with heads


habitat. We were attracted to one


beneath the surface, and always by the seaweed-covered rocks. The reason was not too diffi­


cult to discover, for beneath the thickly draped strands were all sorts of marine life. Small crabs and the well hidden periwinckle were plentiful. The feeding was good, for the eiders, who were seldom far away. Most striking was the variety


and the thick, leathery throngs


and zoning of the seaweed—the flat, knotted, and serrated wrack


of the tanglewecd. Tons and tons of the stuff, all presenting a chal­


lenge to those who believe all this can be harvested and used ns a source of food at some


future date. Tile rocks themselves were also rich in life. There were various


-periwinkle of the seaside stalls, (were almost entirely aquatic.


G r ea l cam rn u n iti<>s


Closely packed and at times easily overlooked are the groat


communities of barnacles. So closely are they packed together at times that the numbers defy any attempt at counting. It lias been estimated, how­


ever, that a square foot of rock can provide homes for more than 2.000 acorn barnacles. Astrono­ mical numbers arc to be expected and we can say that a stretch of rock a mile in length may pro­ duce the staggering figure of about a thousand million. It's life offers many surprises


and the observer will find in its ways much more than what at first would seem possible. At one time, the barnacle was considered similar to the crab and lobster. . it is difficult to believe they


arc at first free swimming creatures, net unlike the com­


mon shrimp.' But soon they settle and. on


reaching a rock, fix themselves in an inverted position to at once begin secreting a hard cement which fixes them in this position for life. The shell is then formed in the shape of a cone. At the apex arc


four tiny plates which can be opened cr closed according to


periwinckles. large and small, the small variety being a typical example of that half way exis­ tence—an example of a marine animal in process of becoming an inhabitant of dry land. Others in contrast like the familiar


will- This enables the creature lo feed. When the tide conies in. the


shutters are open, and by using small feather-like feelers, the barnacle sweeps tiny particles of food within its mouth.


i Purpose, design, and foresight I


are not all. For as soon as the ! tide begins to ebb, the barnacle j


takes in ns much water as pos- |


sible, clamps down its shutters 1 and waits for the next tide. ■ Quite a fascinating fellow, and | so easily overlooked.


see the clos e relationship i between ecology and evolution of ! the animal and its adaptation l to its environment.


; .1 wonderland


for the naturalist and what more pleasurable spot to spend a


IT is a veritable wonderland


dav? The const line had other


attractions for we had hopes of seeing the wild goats. We knew they were within five miles of the croft and frequented the coast, not far from a now derelict village, some miles to the east* Here again the terrain was difficult, ty p ic al ly Hebridean, rough, undulated, and criss­ crossed by peaty burns with large areas carpeted in bracken. This and the rocky shore line


were the places of the goats— agile and elusive. Certainly elusive lor throughout our stay we saw no trace of them. They may have been in the


vicinity and quite near, but we did not see them. We were disap­ pointed for according to Duncan and others, the billies are truly i magnificent, with long, slightly curved horns out of all propor­ tion to the size of the goat. Of course, wc were fully aware


of the difficulties at tile very beginning of our quest. Hunting an eagle is difficult, but if you arc in eagle country you will see the birds in flight even if you only


sit and watch. With the goat, things are enti­


rely different. They take good care to avoid detection and may quite easily be within a few hun­ dred yards yet completely hidden from view* No doubt in these surroundings a helicopter would be ideal for spotting but with such amenities all the fun and excitement would be lost.


1 start HOLIDAY-SAVING for next year NOW! . . . It's nol so very far away. The months go by quickly . . . and


then__ it's holiday lime again! Lay it he foundations NOW for a happy holiday next year by


opening a savings account with the Trustee Savings Bank. Your family deserves a wonderful holiday. So do you. Save for it


NOW the sensible way. Let your money cam good interest in the Trustee Savings Bank with absolute security—repayments on demand


at your convenience. TRUSTEE


SAVINGS BANK CLITHEROE: 7 Church Street


Here also, on the shore wc can | j COUNTRY DIARY B


I AND DOESN’T M A K E A j


J IM IF E L be paid to egg producers for the


current period are:— Large. 3s. lid. per dozen:


r it ish Egg Mark etin g Board's minimum prices to


standard. 2s. lid. per dozen: medium. Is. lOd. per dozen: small. Is. 6d. per dozen.


FROM T H E PAST


1 From this week. I will include ; points of interest which have : occurred in past years. Early in July. 1958. a Tot on 2—8—6 No. 48613 was running


runs from Carlisle to Manches­ ter (known locally as “ the mail train” ) has been producing rare engines in the past weeks—No.


problems


-^-residents of Whallcy on Mondav, Mrs. M. Troop, chair­


man of the Parish Council, warned us that the proposed by­ pass for the village might take as long as 10 years before it


came into being. We were given to understand


by a- member of the audience that this by-pass was projected as long ago as the early nine­ teen thirties when pegs were actually placed in the ground to mark the route. This means that forty years will have elapsed before anything is done to alleviate this ever increasing


traffic chaos. Mr. Pearson, our Member of


“ patient.” It did not lake Dr. Beeching


of Parliament, in explaining the difficulties, asked us to be


10 years to close our railway line and to throw more pas­ senger traffic on to our already overloaded village streets so could not Mr. Marples be asked by Mr. Pearson to act with the same alacrity and do something to ease the strain, caused partly bv the closing of the line? ‘ Mrs. Troop suggested that


A T a general meeting of the


lv>s made the character of the average Englishman or woman. in the dear dead days, the


more than today.


high society, can. and does bring the reporter to his knees (seme Honourable Miss patting the thoroughbred acts like a mag­ net to the news-camera* Why? _because such pictures >e» newspapers. Proof of this is to be seen in the circulation figures. Not much fault can be found


Yet in most of the big dailys- . .


in this, but what is disturbing is the ever-flowing stream of ink describing the “Rake, ’ flattering the shapely female figure or some newly - discovered sleazy


newspapers containing such stories, but these matters are falling about us. like raindrops. One can hardly avoid them About the only place now for


den. Of course, you say. ocn‘; onv


doings of the squire and parson, and life up at the Big House, occupied the journalist muen


BAD TO 1


But qua! standart


I* OW cloud, rain, mud and still moi away from Clithcroe .Show, on Sal


heavy vehicles through the thick mud couraging sight. The wind.swent show lieKi nrcserv


the word “piety”, is in the dictionary, for it seems to have been almost laughed out of existence.


TC.


' for several days and paired a green-liveried “Jubilee" tender, apparently from No. 45742 Con­ naught. On June 29, 1958. Newton


Heath shed acquired live 2—10—0. Nos 92015. 92016. 92017. 92161. 921C2. These engines worked the Carlisle-Oldham


freight on this branch line. LO C O S P O T T E R .


perhaps the Ministry would grant a higher priority for the completion of the cheapest part of the by-pass, from the top of Accrington Road across to Clithcroc Road, but surely the main weight of traffic is not from Accrington to Clitheroe,


or vice versa, but from Accring­ ton to the coast and Clitheroc to the coast via the narrow


Billington bridge. The main traffic will still go


through tho centre of Whalley. Neither partial by-passes nor


widening the village street will


prevent hold-ups. To suggest four lanes of


traffic through the village with a narrow two lane bridge at one end and a narrow road with a busy T-junction at Mitton Road at the other end. is not the answer, and the so-called experts


the' village centre by knocking down the pubs and derelict


cottages and make the road wider, but for tho pedestrians* sake as well as for that of the frustrated drivers, let us keep the non-visiting traffic an o by­


pass. It look 25 year.- and many


fatal accidents to get another local traffic problem solved— the now magnificent Sawley


Brow. Bv tho same time factor, and


allowing for the war and the postwar difficulties one could reasonable expect work on the by-pass from the top of Accring­ ton Road, cutting across 101-


over?) Clitheroc Road and then Mitton Rond, and finally emerg­ ing at Elker Lane. Billington. to


begin NOW.DONALD BARNES. “Brathav". Whittam Crescent. Whalley.


Piety almost laughed out of existence


V LOCAL newspaper is a


Bill Brown’s leg-homs being awarded a prize, or about the girl we know, brought up in humble circumstances, leaving the university, with a degree. Local news comes from the


traying life around us. I like to read such items as


neighbourly business, por­


know this. By all means let us improve


Stop moaning and have faith


■\\r HENEVER I h e a r the Y Y Jeremiahs moaning th:t


Britain has “had it” as an industrial nation. I c on sol e mvself with the thought that so manv Englishmen are never happy unless they are miserable. Whether in sport, politics,


economic achievement peace or war our capacity for pessimism about the task ahead has never ceased to puzzle our iriends and confound our enemies. But this gloomy pessimism


in the morning, when the attendance v Bright, periods in :he aft^rnno:;


brought, with them an merca.-'- in attendace. bn:


sa *h<' final figure of 4.000 is well below


last, year's. In fact, .ill err '.vrf


about two thirds the number of spectators, and rons^qu^nt'.y the show suffered a severe financial


lass. Ancther year kite :h;> could


cas;. serious doubt.- over the


show's future. As usual, the rattle section created most interest among the


much i: ha.-


.‘Khib: many prior show their pe: in


Sue Tho


can be dangerous in the field of industry and trade. The seller's market is a thing of the past and orders are won or lost on the three essentials of price, quality, and prompt delivery. It is true that in the past 10


years Britain's share of the sales of manufactured goods in world markets has dropped from 21 per cent to 15 per cent, but that does not mean we have “had it." It means that if we had main­ tained our 1953 share of world trade our overseas sales last year would have b e e n up by a


! thousand million pounds and we » should be facing the future with greater confidence. Every day s ome of our industries are proving that wc


I can hold cur own and more in I world markets, but only where our costs have been kept com­ petitive by superior know-how. The reason that our costs and


wages in British industry have risen by 50 per cent but output has gone up by less than 20 per cent.


prices generally have risen faster than in other main manu­ facturing countries is because since 1953—while cur share of world trade has been declining—


have seen the red light on infla­ tion. let the dismal jimmies stop moaning and let nil of us have faith in ourselves and our countrv.


Now that all political parties


Motor cyclist hurt


VFTER being involved in an accident with a van on


Sunday, a motor cyclist. Edward Atkinson, of The Green. Bolton- bv-Bowland. was taken to Black­ burn Royal Infirmary suffering from slight injuries. The van driver, who was not


streets, from the home of decency, where the thought of respectability and responsibilty


injured, was Trevor Brennand, of Water Street. Accrington. The accident occurred on the


Bolton-by-Bowland - Sawley road at Sawley.


All too soon IT’S BACK TO W0RK-


t a k e PLEASURE 1' N


1962 MORRIS Mini Minor heater, screenwashers,


1962 (Feb.) A60 CAMHKI heater, etc. Immaculai


1961 (March) LORD Angl heater, etc.; one priut


1961 (Oct.) AUSTIN CAM fined heater, wins mir onlv. one owner, l.ik


1960 MORRIS Oxford de seat covers, heater, sp


1960 (March) WOl.SEl-E' wheel trims: one own


1960 l-'ORO Popular de L etc.: 23.000 miles onl;


I960 (Aus-) M.O. Magnett heater, spotlights, sal


dition: one owner. W


1960 (Oct.) AUSTIN AS? fitted heater, wing mi


A bargain at


1959 Series HILLMAN M fitter! heater, etc.: -6


1959 Series 111 HILLMAj heater, radio, etc. '1 hi


1959 (March) " 01.SEl-I', upholstery: fitted he-,


nominal mileage. In


1959 (Nov.) LORD Tliaiiu seat: underscaled: -«


19S9 FORD Anglia de la 1959 YAUXHALE Vifto titled heater, etc.: at


1958 (July) AUS 1 IN AS fitted healer: in very


1956 A50 CAMBRIDOE heater etc. A good s


1955 (Sept.) HILLMAN vers' sound car. Ini


1954 AUSTIN A40 Some etc. A specimen. .


1953 AUSTIN A70 Here) good condition........


OPEN WEEKDAYS 1C YOUR H.P. S


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E. M. DAVIES. ^ - '


Winner ot the Grade “B“ and “C horse section. Outdoor Girl, with


farmers. Entries, however, were on not quite up to average, though l to the high standard of quality was (


maintained. Local clashes were well sup- j ciu


ported, with entries from a wide | area of the nerth joining them j in the open sections. Clit.heroc Show has always


been an event, which, all the , familv can enjoy.


. As well as the cattl<\ therft h..


were .--heep classes, while ttw henw horses brought back j memories of farming before -Jv* :


mechanical age. GOAT S EC T IO N


The gca: section was vetted by many people. An unusual


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